He knows. He kissed me.
He knows. He kissed me.
He knows what I did, and yet... he still kissed me.
He knows. He kissed me.
He knows what I did, and yet... he still kissed me.
Glint
Raven Kennedy
Plated Prisoner, book two
Audiobook, 11+ hours
Kindle Edition, 479 pages
First published January 1, 2022
ISBN 9781464224485
ASIN B08RW8MW3D
For ten years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle. But one night changed everything.
Now I’m here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdom’s army, and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it out of this in one piece. They’re marching to battle, and I’m the bargaining chip that will either douse the fire or spark a war.
At the heart of my fear, my worry, there’s him—Commander Rip.
Known for his brutality on the battlefield, his viciousness is unsurpassed. But I know the truth about what he is.
Fae.
The betrayers. The murderers. The ones who nearly destroyed Orea, wiping out Seventh Kingdom in the process. Rip has power sizzling beneath this skin and glinting spikes down his spine. But his eyes—his eyes are the most compelling of all.
When he turns those black eyes on me, I feel captive for an entirely different reason.
I may be out of my cage, but I’m not free, not even close. In the game of kings and armies, I’m the gilded pawn. The question is, can I out maneuver them?
In this first sequel in the Plated Prisoner series, Auren has gone from being a hostage of pirates to a captive of the Fourth Kingdom army under the leadership of Commander Rip.
She may be their prisoner in name but the care and respect she receives from this army is unlike anything Auren has ever known before.
And while she'll endure a few crude comments, it's the push and pull of Rip's goading that ultimately gets under her skin, that furthers the cracks in her loyalty to Midas, and sets Auren on a path to choosing herself instead of her Golden King.
Rip will question her. He will challenge her. And, at her word, he will wage war for her.
But that word never comes. Auren is adament. She will always choose him.
So they deliver her to Midas and Auren's regret couldn't come fast enough as Midas attempts to return her to a cage. But the cage is no longer the safe haven Auren believed it to be when she willingly allowed herself to be imprisoned all those years ago. She no longer needs those bars between her and the world. No longer wants them.
And then drops the third twist of the series. Rip is King Rot. He is King Ravenger. He is Slade. Two forms. So many names. Dear man, you're doing too much.
4 out of 5 stars.
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